From the boxing ring to the cannabis field. The American, triple world champion in the heavyweight category, Mike Tyson converted to cannabis production once the gloves were put away. The former boxer has been tending a marijuana plantation in California for five years. He has confirmed in recent days to open a coffee shop in Amsterdam, according to BFM TV. The inauguration even took place on Friday.
It must be said that the man is himself a great consumer of cannabis. “I have fought at the highest level for over twenty years. To calm the nerves and ease the pain of two surgeries, among other things, I started using it,” he said in a statement. He had in recent months confessed to spending 40,000 dollars (almost 37,000 euros to be exact) for his personal consumption, surprising some Internet users by this crazy amount which suggested that the star was being scammed, notes the television channel
“Here, fans can taste my favorite products. I’ve tried them all and can’t wait to share some of my most loved products with Europe,” Mike Tyson gushed in a video. While the Netherlands is known for allowing the possession of a small amount of cannabis on one’s person, Amsterdam has recently tightened the screw by banning the consumption of joints in the city center. A decision effective from mid-May of this year, and which was taken as excesses on the part of tourists multiplied. The order will be accompanied by an advertising campaign to educate tourists on the use of alcohol, drugs and sex.
Amsterdam is the center of a cannabis tourism causing many nuisances for the inhabitants. The capital had considered, for a time, to allow access to coffee shops only to residents.
